Shana asks: I recently got a fountain pen after having lost one many years ago. (A noodlers Konrad, go flex!) I’m using it often in my planner, which also has a lot of washi tape marking appointments. So far the few inks I’ve tested seem to not like washi tape as a surface to be…
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Field Notes Paper Reveal
During a recent bout of caffeine-induced insomnia, I was on the French Paper Co. website, looking through their blog section, marvelling at all the beautifully designed screenprint posters and other designer-y goodness when I stumbled across an entry that would be of particular interest to the readers of The Well-Appointed Desk. I found a listing…
Fashionable Friday: Gong Hei Fat Choi
Officially, Lunar New Year this year falls on Monday, February 8 this year and is the year of the Monkey. I only know how to wish greetings in Cantonese, not Mandarin, so you can say it with me, “gung-hay-fat-choy”! At least in Hong Kong, you’ll sort of sound like you know what you’re saying. So,…
Notebook Review: Word. Dot Grid and Declan Floral Edition
I recently got a delightful little treat in my mailbox in the form of two new packs of Word. notebooks: a 3-pack of Word. dot grid books ($9.99) and a 3-pack of the new Declan Floral edition notebooks ($9.99). The Declan Floral edition is a collaboration between Word. and Declan. Word makes the books and…
Link Love: Wow, that’s a lot of pens!
Pens: I Know What I Like – Part 2 (via That One Pen) Tale of a Vandal Pen User: Nibs Part 2 – Off-the-Shelf Stubs (via Peaceable Writer) The Newton Shinobi (via The Gentleman Stationer) Lamy Al-Star 2016: Charged Green (via Wonder Pens) Fosfor Bangalore Fountain Pen (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) OMAS Limited Edition Calligraphy…
Planner Review: Studio Calico Hello Forever A5 Planner
Last year, when I first started dabbling in planners, I downloaded the Marcy Penner’s Hello Forever printable inserts for my planner. Since then, Marcy Penner has started designing her Hello Forever planning products for Studio Calico including a line of A5 planners (8.25″ x 9.5″ x 1.375″). While Studio Calico is most known as a company that…
Ink Review: Private Reserve Daphne Blue
Private Reserve Daphne Blue ($11 for 66ml bottle or $1.25 for 2ml sample vial) is the most beautiful Mediterranean Sea blue. At first, I was worried that the color would be too light to work in a fine nib fountain pen but the color is deep and vivid enough that its actually extremely legible, even…